Concerning results and more...

April 7, 2010

Hi Becky, and all,

I had to create a new message since for some reason my response to the

original thread kept bouncing. Anyway, below are my thoughts prompted by

Becky's admission about poor lab reports, and another general comment.

Suffice it to say, Becky, no matter what your numbers are (and we've all had

bad lab reports!), the fact that you're here says you are part of a very

small minority of diabetics who are interested in a level of management that

most diabetics are not. That is, they may be interested, but they aren't

interested in the effort it takes.

Dave

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deceptive numbers

On 2/11/2010 I got the following lab test results:

fasting glr 109

A1C 5.7

blood pressure 123/65

lipid levels were all good and creatinine level was 1.05

What diabetic would not want to have such readings?

I know, I know practically all diabetic would want to have them, but the

deception is not rreported here. I do a glr several times per day at least

four and often six or even seven times. By doing frequent monitoring I

discovered the following in less than two months, and mostly in a single

month. My insulin requirements skyrocketed to what it is now.

On December 1, 2009 my insulin to carb ratio was around 0.33

but now it is 0.50

My daily Lantus requirement in December was 50 units of Lantus each day,

and

now it is 64 units of Lantus each day, taken twice per day in 32 units per

injection.

It is just what is required to have good numbers reported above. I am now

70

years old, and I wonder if getting old has caused this jump in insulin

requirements as well as a great lowering of the amount of carbs I ingest

each day. Now for every two carbs I ingest I require 1 unit of Humalog to

handle it within normal glr levels.

Definitely not bragging here, Harry

It is just the way it is with me.

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